Đông Hà
Thành phố Đông Hà | |
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| Đông Hà City | |
 Đông Hà city center seen from above | |
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  Đông Hà Location of in Vietnam  Đông Hà Đông Hà (Southeast Asia)  Đông Hà Đông Hà (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 16°49′49″N 107°5′50″E / 16.83028°N 107.09722°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Quảng Trị |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.96 km2 (28.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 93,800 |
| Climate | Am |
Đông Hà (ⓘ) is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the North–South Railway (Reunification Express) and is served by Đông Hà Railway Station. EWEC is an economic development program which includes northeast Thailand, Southern Laos, and central Vietnam.
History
The city was initially part of Champa, until it was conquered by the Qin Empire who were in control of most of Vietnam at the time.[1] In the 2nd century CE, the Cham people rebelled against Chinese rule. During the 14th and 15th century, ethnic Vietnamese gradually replaced the Cham inhabitants.
During the Vietnam War, Đông Hà was the northernmost town in South Vietnam and was the location of a strategically important United States Marine Corps Đông Hà Combat Base, to support Marine positions along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).[2] During the so-called Easter Offensive in 1972, the town was the scene of a ferocious battle between the South Vietnamese army and invading North Vietnamese armored forces. The North Vietnamese army captured the town on 28 April 1972, and it was never regained by the South Vietnamese.
Tourists come to Đông Hà nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs. The contemporary Vietnamese singer Như Quỳnh was born in Đông Hà in 1970.
Climate
Đông Hà has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). There is a wet season due to the northeast monsoon between August and December, peaking in October with around 629.7 millimetres or 25 inches of rain and frequent typhoon landfalls. The dry season lasts from January to July, though there is a secondary rainfall peak in May.
| Climate data for Đông Hà | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.6 (94.3) |
37.9 (100.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
42.1 (107.8) |
42.3 (108.1) |
41.4 (106.5) |
39.7 (103.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.9 (102.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.9 (2.08) |
32.0 (1.26) |
35.2 (1.39) |
63.7 (2.51) |
116.8 (4.60) |
92.2 (3.63) |
81.4 (3.20) |
159.6 (6.28) |
400.6 (15.77) |
629.7 (24.79) |
402.4 (15.84) |
189.7 (7.47) |
2,252.7 (88.69) |
| Average rainy days | 14.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 15.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 158.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.8 | 76.4 | 70.8 | 64.1 | 57.8 | 53.2 | 51.0 | 55.5 | 65.0 | 73.1 | 74.8 | 75.6 | 66.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.3 | 88.9 | 123.4 | 170.2 | 228.2 | 225.1 | 227.5 | 199.1 | 161.7 | 127.9 | 94.2 | 72.2 | 1,815.1 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
Dong Ha travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
- ↑ "Quang Tri - Vietnam Tourism Information". www.vietnamtourism.org.vn. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ Keith W. Nolan The Story of an Armored Cavalry Squadron in Vietnam: 1-1 Cav, 1967-1968 ... Just north of Đông Hà on April 6 the correspondent, Brummett, and Nguyễn Ngọc Lương, the paper's interpreter, waited for a possible tank battle"
- ↑ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
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| Thanh Hóa province |  | |
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| Nghệ An province | ||
| Hà Tĩnh province | ||
| Quảng Bình province |
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| Quảng Trị province | ||
| Thừa Thiên Huế province |
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※ denotes provincial seat. | ||